Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-05 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On 3/1/2012 8:31 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: I would say we are simply getting to the point where we *know* we need opensm to handle more than one fabric from a single instance ;-) Why does a single OpenSM need to handle multiple subnets/fabrics ? What's the issue with running multiple OpenSMs with

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-05 Thread Doug Ledford
- Original Message - On 3/1/2012 8:31 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: I would say we are simply getting to the point where we *know* we need opensm to handle more than one fabric from a single instance ;-) Why does a single OpenSM need to handle multiple subnets/fabrics ? What's the

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-05 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On 3/5/2012 10:28 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: - Original Message - On 3/1/2012 8:31 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: I would say we are simply getting to the point where we *know* we need opensm to handle more than one fabric from a single instance ;-) Why does a single OpenSM need to handle

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-05 Thread Doug Ledford
- Original Message - On 3/5/2012 10:28 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: - Original Message - On 3/1/2012 8:31 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: I would say we are simply getting to the point where we *know* we need opensm to handle more than one fabric from a single instance ;-) Why

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-02 Thread Alex Netes
On 14:46 Thu 01 Mar , Ira Weiny wrote: On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:15:02 -0600 Brian Ginsbach ginsb...@cray.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:47:00PM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote: On 02/29/2012 02:22 PM, Ira Weiny wrote: Doug, First thanks for this. Some comments below.

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-02 Thread Alex Netes
On 11:22 Wed 29 Feb , Ira Weiny wrote: Doug, First thanks for this. Some comments below. On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:16 -0500 Doug Ledford dledf...@redhat.com wrote: There are two things that stand in the way of opensm being run on redundant fabrics easily: 1) The opensm init

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-02 Thread Doug Ledford
On 3/2/2012 5:30 AM, Alex Netes wrote: On 11:22 Wed 29 Feb , Ira Weiny wrote: Doug, First thanks for this. Some comments below. On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:16 -0500 Doug Ledford dledf...@redhat.com wrote: There are two things that stand in the way of opensm being run on redundant

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-02 Thread Doug Ledford
On 3/2/2012 10:31 AM, Doug Ledford wrote: On 3/2/2012 5:30 AM, Alex Netes wrote: What the default opensm.conf would be used for? Just as a reference to the default values? No, he's referring to having a default config file that is parsed, then an override config file that is parsed where

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-01 Thread Doug Ledford
On 02/29/2012 09:15 PM, Brian Ginsbach wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:47:00PM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote: On 02/29/2012 02:22 PM, Ira Weiny wrote: Doug, First thanks for this. Some comments below. On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:16 -0500 Doug Ledford dledf...@redhat.com wrote: There are two

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-03-01 Thread Ira Weiny
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:15:02 -0600 Brian Ginsbach ginsb...@cray.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:47:00PM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote: On 02/29/2012 02:22 PM, Ira Weiny wrote: Doug, First thanks for this. Some comments below. On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:16 -0500 Doug

Re: [Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-02-29 Thread Ira Weiny
Doug, First thanks for this. Some comments below. On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:16 -0500 Doug Ledford dledf...@redhat.com wrote: There are two things that stand in the way of opensm being run on redundant fabrics easily: 1) The opensm init script only starts one instance of opensm and opensm

[Patch opensm] Allow for easily configuring multiple fabrics on one opensm server

2012-02-28 Thread Doug Ledford
There are two things that stand in the way of opensm being run on redundant fabrics easily: 1) The opensm init script only starts one instance of opensm and opensm will only work on one fabric per instance 2) Even if you start multiple instances, you have to hand modify config files for each